100+ cities rally against U.S. attack on Venezuela

On Jan. 3, people across the United States protested Trump’s war on Venezuela. There were actions in over 100 cities, including New York, Denver, and Baltimore.

In a talk at the Baltimore rally, Peoples Power Assembly organizer Jace Carter said:

“The U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro is not only a violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty. It is an attack and threat to all oppressed and working-class people around the world.

“Here in the belly of the beast, and specifically here in Baltimore, people are struggling to keep food on the table, keep heat to stay warm, and keep their jobs to provide for themselves and their families. All while the drones produced at the Old Bethlehem Steel location are sent to aid in the U.S. terror blockade of the entire Caribbean.

“Corporate politicians have made it clear time and time again that they will always have money for death machines and occupation, not for people’s needs.”

Organizer Colby Byrd with the PPA added:

“The violence carried out by the fascist pigs abroad is the same violence carried out by fascist pigs here in the U.S. Maduro and his family were kidnapped out of their land and thrown on a boat in chains.

“Is this not the same story of those who have been victim to brutal ICE raids? Is this not the same story of our Black ancestors who were stolen from Africa for the sake of the overseers back in the U.S.?

“The fascist bombing of Caracas, the capital of the revolutionary government, is no different from the fascist bombing of Black Tulsa. Both were more than just cities. They were symbols of defiance against white supremacy. They were places where those who did the labor controlled their fate and that very idea scares the U.S. empire.

“The violence is the exact same. Pigs over from the U.S. bomb Venezuela and leave them with no resources while pigs here kill Arabbers [Baltimore street vendors with horse-drawn carts] and leave West Baltimore with no resources.

“It is the same fight. It is the same pigs.

“If we want to put an end to wars in the name of white supremacy and the pillaging of resources, we must pull the plug on the system designed to run on it. If we want our money to go to food, housing, education, transportation, and health care and other people’s needs, we must not only reject imperialist war but actively work to bring the whole machine down.”